Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

line G6Qerdl Assembly VI OOutl CdIO-
lima metin the Capitol building yesterday.
- The South Carolina conference of the
M. E. Church, South, will meet in Spar
tanburg on Wednesday, the 3Oth instant.
- Charleston's municipal registration,
which has closed, reveals a Democratic ma
jority of only 81.
( - Mrs. Perry, the wife of Rev. r. d.
Perry, of Halsellville, Chester county,
died on the 18th instant.
Only III votes were cast in Kershaw at
the special election IN Tuesday of last
week for Representative, and all were for
Major McGill.
- Robert G. Ellerbe, of KershaW, charg-
ed with the murder of Carter Allen, color
ed, was granted bail on Wednesday last,
by Judge Witherspoon, at Edgetield, in a
bond of $4,000.
The first ten miles of the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, running
northWard from Camden, has been inspect
ed by Commissioner Jervey, of the State
Railroad Commission, and pronounced in
first-class order.
j. B. Erwin, the express messenger
who had his leg broken and foot cut off in
the Greer's collision, was sent from Green
Vile to his home in Asheville, last Thurs
udy, Ill ~ SpCCldl a PloNloOo w VAN
Southern Express Company. His condi-
ton is improving.
The case of Engineer Harris, in charge
of the engine ofthe freight train wrecked at
Greer's, which was to have been tried last
week at Greenville, was not called. Har-
ris was present ready for trial, but the
Solicitor failed to send a bill to the grand
jury.
Some railroad hands recently attempted
to m%onopolize the attention Of the dusky
bellies at a colored frolic near Cureton's
Ferry, in Lancaster county. The native
beaux became jealous and a general row
ensued in which pistols and raZors were
used freely. Several of the combatants
were seriously wounded.
AT a recent meeting inEdgefeld, reso-
lutions were adopted requesting each
county in the State to send a delegation to
the next session of the Legislature to urge
upon that body a petition to make some
appropriation for the relief of the disabled
soldiers of the State also that a special
list be made of all permanently disabled
soldiers in each county.
In the Sessions Court of NeWberry,
last Wednesday, after two days trial,
| Col. George tombstone was acquitted OF
| the murder of John B. Jones. The jury
vas out only four minutes. Both parties
were prominent lawyers, and the shooting
occurred during a trial in a trial Justices
court. The case has attracted much at
tention owing to the prominence of the
parties.
In the Greenville Sessions Court, last
Friday, the case against John Caldwell for
grand larceny, in the Air Line freight rob,
berry, was finished, and the jury rendered
.J:ok ~ ou,i1tx, on oil Tho aOI1nto in tho
indictment. In his defence Caldwell made
a desperate effort to implicate some prom
inent merchants in G%reenville, but contra
dicted himself and failed completely. The
stolen goods aggregated over $4,000 in val
ue.
- A syndicate of Northern and English
capitalists has bought the entire interest of
D. A. Appleton in the city of Port Royal
and vicinity, and will at once build half
mile of docks and open direct railroad
communication with Birmingham, Ala.
Edward Flynn, and E. A. Flynn, New
York city, and G.. A. Plat, of Linnia
Station, n. Y, members of the syndicate,
are now in Beaufort in consultation with
local capitalists.
- Jesse II. Ashley, who is confined in
Anderson jail to await trial on a charge of
fraud, has entered suit against the Sheriff
for $4,000 damages, alleging that he has
FUSED his Office to Cypress a citizen": 1st.
Combining him in a part of the jail used for
common criminals; I'd. Not allowing his
wife access to him Sd. Not allowing his
lawyers access. The papers have been
served by the coroner.
John Snipes, living about s miles
northeast of Lancaster, attempted to COM
NIT suicide on the 10th instant by cutting
his throat with a razor. He was discover
ed soon after committing the deed and
medical aid was promptly summoned.
His wounds, four large gashes in his
throat, were sewed up. Slight hopes are
entertained of his recovery. The alleged
cause of the rash act is that his young son,
about II years old, had married a woman
by the name of Parker against his con-
sent.
The criminal business of Edgefield
Court, Judge Witherspoon presiding, was
disposed of in three days last week. One of
these cases was the trial of Josh and Leige
Briggs, colored, for the murder of James
S. Blackwell, a white man, on the 30th of
October, 1884. These defendants were
found guilty August, 1886, and were SEN
fenced to be hanged on the Oath of Sep
TENDER of that year. The case was carried
to the Supreme Court and a new trial was
granted. In August, 1887, they were tried
the second time and a mistrial was the re-